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THE NEW
CURRICULUM THE ARGUS WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT IT?
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
VOLUME XXXVIII BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, WVEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1932 NUMBER 19
NEW CURRICULUM ANNOUNCED FOR NEXT YEAI
IS TITAN RUSHING
SYSTEM ANTIQUATED
Campus Fraternity Leaders Ex-press
Opinions As To
Pledging Rules
The present rushing system of both
sororities and fraternities are subject}
to much criticism. Under the present
methods, sororities have set dates for I
rushing. Hours are set for these
parties and all sororities must have the
rushees home at the appointed hour.
During this week of rushing, actives
are not allowed to talk to prospective
rushees.
Fraternities practice a free-for-all
rushing system. It seems that the first
to grab a man is the one who usually
gets him.
Deferred Rushing Favored
Various members of the Greek or-ganizations
list what they believe to
be an improvement over the past. Mar-ian
Hiltabrand, rushing chairman of
Kappa Kappa Gamma, favors the de-ferred
rushing system for a semester.
By this system, rushees and actives be-come
better acquainted. A longer time
is given to acti'ves to observe the
rushee under natural conditions. The
rushee is given a better chance to find
the sorority with which she will be
happiest. The sorority has a longer
time to investigate the scholastic aver-age
of the rushee.
Virginia Hallett, Sigma Kappa, be-lieves
that the closed rushing rule
should be revised. Under this ruling,
closed rushing lasts until 10:30 on Sat-urday
night. Pledging takes place on
Saturday afternoon; so, there is no
purpose to closed rushing after this
point. A means should be found for
sororities to learn of late registrations.
Now, possibly only one sorority learns
of these girls and secures all their
open dates. Other sororities have no
opportunity of meeting these girls be-cause
of closed rushing.
Margaret Rowland, president of
Kappa Delta, feels that rushing under
the present system should be begun
and completed before classes start. It
is too difficult to try to go to classes
and carry on rushing with any real
success for either.
Rushee Has More Time
Ione Cole, Alpha Gamma Delta's
rushing captain, expresses her opinion
w ith the follossing statement: "Al-though
I am not entirely in favor of
it, I think there is a strong case to be
niade out for a system of deferred
riushing. In the first place, both sor-ority
and rushee have more time to
determine their affiliations. Rushees
particularly are hurried through a week
of excitement that confuses them very
much. Any new¢ girl would be glad of
a chance to better know all the girls
in a sorority."
Pearl Atkins, Beta Sigma Omicron,
believes that the main difficulty with
the present system is that freshmen
and sorority girls do not have sufficient
opportunity to become acquainted.
There should be a longer period of
rushing. Closed rushing should also
be done away with. Miss Atkins feels
that sororities should have a system
like the fraternities. It would be better
to have the rushee living in the sorority
house.
(Continued on page 2)
ON FRIDAY MORNING
the general assembly hour will
be devoted to a student-faculty
forum for the purpose of raising
and discussing questions as re-gards
Wesleyan's new educa-tional
plans. Each student is
urged to bring questions concern-ing
ambiguous or doubtful points
arising in the past explanation of
the new project. A faculty com-mittee
will be in charge of the
assembly.
Sweeping Innovations Characterize New
Educational Program for Next September
DEAN WILLIAM WALLIS PRESIDES AT GENERAI, ASSEMBLY PROGRAM AT
WHICH INFORMAL PRESENTATION OF PLAN IS MADE
Mortimer Ratcliffe
Last Friday morning during General
Assembly hour a faculty committee of
six made an announcement concerning
the new curriculum which would be
installed in Illinois Wesleyan Univer-sity
beginning next fall. Although an
announcement of this nature had been
expected by the student body for some
time, the radical and sweeping innova-tions
introduced by the group of
speakers startled the usually composed
group of undergraduates assembled.
Adapted to Individual Student
The definite curricular changes,
planned to adopt the college course
more closely to the needs of the in-d..
idual stud nt. ,I ill be out :0to effect
in the College of Liberal Arts with the
entering class of Freshman as the ori-ginal
"beneficees" of the Curriculum
Committee's 1932 model curriculum.
It is believed that Illinois Wesleyan
will be hailed as a pioneer among
ALLEGHENY COLLEGE
ANNOUNCES NEW
CURRICULUM PLANS
A new curriculum whose major
features will be the treatment of every
undergraduate as a "special student"
in the selection of his course of study,
the introduction of survey courses and
comprehensive examinations, the rec-ognition
of the educational value of
extra-classroom activities as projects
in self-education and their incorpora-tioi_
in a new "integrated program"
will be inaugurated at Allegheny col-lege
next fall, according to a recent
announcement by President William
P. Tolley.
The ew program is the result of
two years of study on the part of a
faculty committee and is based on re-coninmendations
which have heen ap-proved
by the Allegheny faculty and
will become active factors in the
school's curriculum next fall. Impor-taut
among these recommendations are
those calling for"
(1) The origination of an individual
for each student planned from the be-ginning
of the freshman year accord-ing
to individual capacities.
(2) A closer articulation of high
school and college programs of study
so to reduce unnecessary duplication
of course materials and insure a well-balanced
curriculum. Fixed require-rents
of admission will be liberalized
and eiiphasis placed uponl mnatisve in-t
licence and sch~olastic aptitside as
revxealed thirotiglh tests gisec mdcuring
1t reslmamn sweek and designed to deter-nminc
the tourses for wxhid: the stuident
is reads-.
(3) TFhe plannimng of programs with
refcrence to the vocatiomn or profession
wxhich: the stutient is plani:ng to enter
r.s well as to~ intclligen:t citizenship antI
the swise use of leisure.
(4) Comuprehiensisve examinations at
the end of the Sophom:orc and Senior:
years xxhlich wxill rcduce the emphasis
on specific courses and semestcr cx-aninations.
In preparation for the ex-amination
at the end of the Sopho-more
year, survey courses in the fol-
(Continued on page two)
Baab Beadles
small colleges in this part of the coun-try
because of the introcuction of this
plan. Such a plan as the one proposed
will permit the student in his or her
college year not only to gain a broader
knowledge of all courses, but also to
concentrate more closely in his in-dividual
field of interest.
dent to the science of life and its rela-tion
to other fields of knowledge. Both
plant and animal forms are considered.
Emphasis is placed on the broader
principles such as the nature of proto-plasm,
the cell, single-celled organisms,
the green plant structure and develop-ment
of higher organisms, heredity and
the theory of evolution."
Outline of Topics
The varied and interesting field
which this course will consider is as
follows:
1. The living and the non-living.
2. Protoplasm, the physical basis of
life.
3. The cell theory.
. , .. :.., and their uncnuns.
5. One-celled forms of life (plant
and animal).
6. Micro-organisms and disease.
7. The green plant.
8. Structure and life of hiceher ani-
Thomas mals.
Plan is Result of Much Thought (Continued from page 2)
The plan which was introduced with
amiable Dean WVallis acting as master WELFARE FROLIC
of ceremonies is the result of long and HAILED BY TITAN
careful discussion and thorough plan- UNDERGRADUATES
ning by all faculty members and will The Welfare Committee of Bloom-involve
a number of changes, which ington can certainly put a big star up
will be outlined more fully in the re- for Illinois W'sleyan uiiversity for all
cords of the individual speakers. Sur- the clothing, food and provisions oh-vey
coursess will take the place of the
tained from the students who attended
outworn group requirement system; that wonderful dance, Tuesday after-divisional
fields of concentration wi l
supersede the old method of following noon, February 22. It seems rather
adoption of seminar and confcrence superfluous to recount the complete
courses to allow the student more free- proceeding of the affair because every-don:
for his chosen field are only the one was there having a fine time.
major and minor courses; and the Presents Kaleidoscopic
'eneral changes which are at the basis What a kaleidoscopic of attire! Girls
of the new method of collegiate study.
Dr. Mortimer Speaks First
Dr. F. S. Mortimer, popular head of
theSc ience Department, was the first
speaker introduced bv Dean \Vallis and
he took as his subject "Horizontals
and Perpendiculars". He gave at the
outset a brief summary of the reasons
Browns
for the changes and prefaced his ex-planation
of the Biological and Phy-sical
Science Survey courses by saying
that "the new idea would give the in-dividual
student the broad vision of the
horizontal but would allow him to spec-ialize
and thus build his perpendicu-lars."
Biology Survey Announced
The subject matter of the Biological
Survey course was announced by Dr.
Mortimer as the following:
"General Biology will be a brief
course designed to introduce the stu-from
the dormitory got rid of dresses
they felt were too good to throw away
but too colorful or small, shall we say, to wear any longer. Anna Lee Metz
had a red jersey dress she gave away
with great sighs of relief. The Hilta-brandt's
contributed liberally with cans
of pork and heans!
Dean Wallis Shows Right Spirit
Dean Vallis walked down to the gym
carrying his sack of supplies. It is
thought that he remarked that his
clothes could have been given away
(Continued on page 8)
L
LITERARY REVIEW
PRESENTS BOOK SURVEY
Charles Rush of Yale Sums Up
National Book Question-naire
Results
How perfectly simple and sensible a
good idea seems to all of us, after
someone suggests it and then does
something about it. At last the read-ing
buyer is having his say. It actually
occurred to someone in New York to
consult him about this game of mak-ing,
selecting and selling books. Gate-way
receipts seemed to decrease, at-tendance
decline, and interest wane,
even before the advent of the depres-sion.
What could the matter be? Own-ers
and coaches among the publishers
had already gone into a huddle. Offi-cials
and stretcher-men among the
booksellers were in dismayed confer-ence.
Those in the press box could not
agree (as usual) on the difficulty. Re-viewers,
and water buckets, ran about
distractedly. Every author on the field
seemed discouraged. No team work
was discernible. Goals were lost in the
dusk. Suddenly, out of the press box
came the suggestion to interview the
bleachers. Their money supports the
game. Their interest makes or breaks
a player, and many an owner, official,
and sideline man as well. Why, surely,
they might have some conclusions, some
ideas. "Here they are."
Voluntarily 1,417 men and women,
representing every state in the Union,
together with a good representation
!from Canada, answered the fourteen
questions placed before them by the
Saturday Review. The response was
amazing. Nearly 36 percent repre-sented
the small town and coustry dis-tricts.
Less than 20 percent of the
responses were from New York. Fur-thermore,
80 percent of the total num-ber
contribute pertinent and helpful
comments on their answers, and of-fered
additional suggestions. It is on
the basis of these that the following
tentative interpretations have been
drawn. This expression of opinion by
readers of the Saturday Review type
deserves careful study by those who
are creatively and financially concerned
in the production, distribution, and ap-preciation
of books.
Fewer Books Purchased
At this particular tinme twvo-thirds of
these 1,417 buyers are purchasing
lesser tuooks than lornmerly, more than
half of sshom attribute their reduced
buying to reduced income. An equal
mnmber (38 percent) state that finan-cial
circummstances are not affecting
their buying. Nearly a fourth of the
total do not exphain wvhy they are buy-imug
more or less, hut the above pro-portions
are sufficiently indicate to be
convincimig evidence. Witness, how-ever,
this comment from San Fran-cmsco:
The fact that I happen to he
purchasing as many books as ever
has nothing to do with the case.
It appears to me merely that the
book business is over-expanded.
Movies, magazines, and radio have
(Continued on page 4)
THE ARGUS STAFF WISHES TO ANNOUNCE
that the remaining issues of the Argus will be published
on the following dates:
March 9th-Wednesday
March 16th-Wednesday
March 23rd-Wednesday
April 1st-Friday
Annual April Fool Number
April 8th-Friday
Woman's Day Number
April 21st-Thursday
Senior Class Day Edition
Musical and Literary Number
April 28th-Thursday
May 4th--Wednesday
May 11th-Wednesday
May 20th-Friday
June 1st-Wednesday
June 13th-Monday
All news items or announcements must be in the hands of
the reportorial staff at least two days previous to date of
publication. Your cooperation in the past has been ap-preciated
and will be anticipated during the rest of the year.

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THE NEW
CURRICULUM THE ARGUS WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT IT?
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
VOLUME XXXVIII BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, WVEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1932 NUMBER 19
NEW CURRICULUM ANNOUNCED FOR NEXT YEAI
IS TITAN RUSHING
SYSTEM ANTIQUATED
Campus Fraternity Leaders Ex-press
Opinions As To
Pledging Rules
The present rushing system of both
sororities and fraternities are subject}
to much criticism. Under the present
methods, sororities have set dates for I
rushing. Hours are set for these
parties and all sororities must have the
rushees home at the appointed hour.
During this week of rushing, actives
are not allowed to talk to prospective
rushees.
Fraternities practice a free-for-all
rushing system. It seems that the first
to grab a man is the one who usually
gets him.
Deferred Rushing Favored
Various members of the Greek or-ganizations
list what they believe to
be an improvement over the past. Mar-ian
Hiltabrand, rushing chairman of
Kappa Kappa Gamma, favors the de-ferred
rushing system for a semester.
By this system, rushees and actives be-come
better acquainted. A longer time
is given to acti'ves to observe the
rushee under natural conditions. The
rushee is given a better chance to find
the sorority with which she will be
happiest. The sorority has a longer
time to investigate the scholastic aver-age
of the rushee.
Virginia Hallett, Sigma Kappa, be-lieves
that the closed rushing rule
should be revised. Under this ruling,
closed rushing lasts until 10:30 on Sat-urday
night. Pledging takes place on
Saturday afternoon; so, there is no
purpose to closed rushing after this
point. A means should be found for
sororities to learn of late registrations.
Now, possibly only one sorority learns
of these girls and secures all their
open dates. Other sororities have no
opportunity of meeting these girls be-cause
of closed rushing.
Margaret Rowland, president of
Kappa Delta, feels that rushing under
the present system should be begun
and completed before classes start. It
is too difficult to try to go to classes
and carry on rushing with any real
success for either.
Rushee Has More Time
Ione Cole, Alpha Gamma Delta's
rushing captain, expresses her opinion
w ith the follossing statement: "Al-though
I am not entirely in favor of
it, I think there is a strong case to be
niade out for a system of deferred
riushing. In the first place, both sor-ority
and rushee have more time to
determine their affiliations. Rushees
particularly are hurried through a week
of excitement that confuses them very
much. Any new¢ girl would be glad of
a chance to better know all the girls
in a sorority."
Pearl Atkins, Beta Sigma Omicron,
believes that the main difficulty with
the present system is that freshmen
and sorority girls do not have sufficient
opportunity to become acquainted.
There should be a longer period of
rushing. Closed rushing should also
be done away with. Miss Atkins feels
that sororities should have a system
like the fraternities. It would be better
to have the rushee living in the sorority
house.
(Continued on page 2)
ON FRIDAY MORNING
the general assembly hour will
be devoted to a student-faculty
forum for the purpose of raising
and discussing questions as re-gards
Wesleyan's new educa-tional
plans. Each student is
urged to bring questions concern-ing
ambiguous or doubtful points
arising in the past explanation of
the new project. A faculty com-mittee
will be in charge of the
assembly.
Sweeping Innovations Characterize New
Educational Program for Next September
DEAN WILLIAM WALLIS PRESIDES AT GENERAI, ASSEMBLY PROGRAM AT
WHICH INFORMAL PRESENTATION OF PLAN IS MADE
Mortimer Ratcliffe
Last Friday morning during General
Assembly hour a faculty committee of
six made an announcement concerning
the new curriculum which would be
installed in Illinois Wesleyan Univer-sity
beginning next fall. Although an
announcement of this nature had been
expected by the student body for some
time, the radical and sweeping innova-tions
introduced by the group of
speakers startled the usually composed
group of undergraduates assembled.
Adapted to Individual Student
The definite curricular changes,
planned to adopt the college course
more closely to the needs of the in-d..
idual stud nt. ,I ill be out :0to effect
in the College of Liberal Arts with the
entering class of Freshman as the ori-ginal
"beneficees" of the Curriculum
Committee's 1932 model curriculum.
It is believed that Illinois Wesleyan
will be hailed as a pioneer among
ALLEGHENY COLLEGE
ANNOUNCES NEW
CURRICULUM PLANS
A new curriculum whose major
features will be the treatment of every
undergraduate as a "special student"
in the selection of his course of study,
the introduction of survey courses and
comprehensive examinations, the rec-ognition
of the educational value of
extra-classroom activities as projects
in self-education and their incorpora-tioi_
in a new "integrated program"
will be inaugurated at Allegheny col-lege
next fall, according to a recent
announcement by President William
P. Tolley.
The ew program is the result of
two years of study on the part of a
faculty committee and is based on re-coninmendations
which have heen ap-proved
by the Allegheny faculty and
will become active factors in the
school's curriculum next fall. Impor-taut
among these recommendations are
those calling for"
(1) The origination of an individual
for each student planned from the be-ginning
of the freshman year accord-ing
to individual capacities.
(2) A closer articulation of high
school and college programs of study
so to reduce unnecessary duplication
of course materials and insure a well-balanced
curriculum. Fixed require-rents
of admission will be liberalized
and eiiphasis placed uponl mnatisve in-t
licence and sch~olastic aptitside as
revxealed thirotiglh tests gisec mdcuring
1t reslmamn sweek and designed to deter-nminc
the tourses for wxhid: the stuident
is reads-.
(3) TFhe plannimng of programs with
refcrence to the vocatiomn or profession
wxhich: the stutient is plani:ng to enter
r.s well as to~ intclligen:t citizenship antI
the swise use of leisure.
(4) Comuprehiensisve examinations at
the end of the Sophom:orc and Senior:
years xxhlich wxill rcduce the emphasis
on specific courses and semestcr cx-aninations.
In preparation for the ex-amination
at the end of the Sopho-more
year, survey courses in the fol-
(Continued on page two)
Baab Beadles
small colleges in this part of the coun-try
because of the introcuction of this
plan. Such a plan as the one proposed
will permit the student in his or her
college year not only to gain a broader
knowledge of all courses, but also to
concentrate more closely in his in-dividual
field of interest.
dent to the science of life and its rela-tion
to other fields of knowledge. Both
plant and animal forms are considered.
Emphasis is placed on the broader
principles such as the nature of proto-plasm,
the cell, single-celled organisms,
the green plant structure and develop-ment
of higher organisms, heredity and
the theory of evolution."
Outline of Topics
The varied and interesting field
which this course will consider is as
follows:
1. The living and the non-living.
2. Protoplasm, the physical basis of
life.
3. The cell theory.
. , .. :.., and their uncnuns.
5. One-celled forms of life (plant
and animal).
6. Micro-organisms and disease.
7. The green plant.
8. Structure and life of hiceher ani-
Thomas mals.
Plan is Result of Much Thought (Continued from page 2)
The plan which was introduced with
amiable Dean WVallis acting as master WELFARE FROLIC
of ceremonies is the result of long and HAILED BY TITAN
careful discussion and thorough plan- UNDERGRADUATES
ning by all faculty members and will The Welfare Committee of Bloom-involve
a number of changes, which ington can certainly put a big star up
will be outlined more fully in the re- for Illinois W'sleyan uiiversity for all
cords of the individual speakers. Sur- the clothing, food and provisions oh-vey
coursess will take the place of the
tained from the students who attended
outworn group requirement system; that wonderful dance, Tuesday after-divisional
fields of concentration wi l
supersede the old method of following noon, February 22. It seems rather
adoption of seminar and confcrence superfluous to recount the complete
courses to allow the student more free- proceeding of the affair because every-don:
for his chosen field are only the one was there having a fine time.
major and minor courses; and the Presents Kaleidoscopic
'eneral changes which are at the basis What a kaleidoscopic of attire! Girls
of the new method of collegiate study.
Dr. Mortimer Speaks First
Dr. F. S. Mortimer, popular head of
theSc ience Department, was the first
speaker introduced bv Dean \Vallis and
he took as his subject "Horizontals
and Perpendiculars". He gave at the
outset a brief summary of the reasons
Browns
for the changes and prefaced his ex-planation
of the Biological and Phy-sical
Science Survey courses by saying
that "the new idea would give the in-dividual
student the broad vision of the
horizontal but would allow him to spec-ialize
and thus build his perpendicu-lars."
Biology Survey Announced
The subject matter of the Biological
Survey course was announced by Dr.
Mortimer as the following:
"General Biology will be a brief
course designed to introduce the stu-from
the dormitory got rid of dresses
they felt were too good to throw away
but too colorful or small, shall we say, to wear any longer. Anna Lee Metz
had a red jersey dress she gave away
with great sighs of relief. The Hilta-brandt's
contributed liberally with cans
of pork and heans!
Dean Wallis Shows Right Spirit
Dean Vallis walked down to the gym
carrying his sack of supplies. It is
thought that he remarked that his
clothes could have been given away
(Continued on page 8)
L
LITERARY REVIEW
PRESENTS BOOK SURVEY
Charles Rush of Yale Sums Up
National Book Question-naire
Results
How perfectly simple and sensible a
good idea seems to all of us, after
someone suggests it and then does
something about it. At last the read-ing
buyer is having his say. It actually
occurred to someone in New York to
consult him about this game of mak-ing,
selecting and selling books. Gate-way
receipts seemed to decrease, at-tendance
decline, and interest wane,
even before the advent of the depres-sion.
What could the matter be? Own-ers
and coaches among the publishers
had already gone into a huddle. Offi-cials
and stretcher-men among the
booksellers were in dismayed confer-ence.
Those in the press box could not
agree (as usual) on the difficulty. Re-viewers,
and water buckets, ran about
distractedly. Every author on the field
seemed discouraged. No team work
was discernible. Goals were lost in the
dusk. Suddenly, out of the press box
came the suggestion to interview the
bleachers. Their money supports the
game. Their interest makes or breaks
a player, and many an owner, official,
and sideline man as well. Why, surely,
they might have some conclusions, some
ideas. "Here they are."
Voluntarily 1,417 men and women,
representing every state in the Union,
together with a good representation
!from Canada, answered the fourteen
questions placed before them by the
Saturday Review. The response was
amazing. Nearly 36 percent repre-sented
the small town and coustry dis-tricts.
Less than 20 percent of the
responses were from New York. Fur-thermore,
80 percent of the total num-ber
contribute pertinent and helpful
comments on their answers, and of-fered
additional suggestions. It is on
the basis of these that the following
tentative interpretations have been
drawn. This expression of opinion by
readers of the Saturday Review type
deserves careful study by those who
are creatively and financially concerned
in the production, distribution, and ap-preciation
of books.
Fewer Books Purchased
At this particular tinme twvo-thirds of
these 1,417 buyers are purchasing
lesser tuooks than lornmerly, more than
half of sshom attribute their reduced
buying to reduced income. An equal
mnmber (38 percent) state that finan-cial
circummstances are not affecting
their buying. Nearly a fourth of the
total do not exphain wvhy they are buy-imug
more or less, hut the above pro-portions
are sufficiently indicate to be
convincimig evidence. Witness, how-ever,
this comment from San Fran-cmsco:
The fact that I happen to he
purchasing as many books as ever
has nothing to do with the case.
It appears to me merely that the
book business is over-expanded.
Movies, magazines, and radio have
(Continued on page 4)
THE ARGUS STAFF WISHES TO ANNOUNCE
that the remaining issues of the Argus will be published
on the following dates:
March 9th-Wednesday
March 16th-Wednesday
March 23rd-Wednesday
April 1st-Friday
Annual April Fool Number
April 8th-Friday
Woman's Day Number
April 21st-Thursday
Senior Class Day Edition
Musical and Literary Number
April 28th-Thursday
May 4th--Wednesday
May 11th-Wednesday
May 20th-Friday
June 1st-Wednesday
June 13th-Monday
All news items or announcements must be in the hands of
the reportorial staff at least two days previous to date of
publication. Your cooperation in the past has been ap-preciated
and will be anticipated during the rest of the year.